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On July 1, 2009, the [[Lucy Burns Institute]] (LBI) became Ballotpedia's official sponsor. LBI is a nonprofit [[501c3]] organization that helps keep things running with a small editorial staff and enough server power to meet the demands of our traffic. Ballotpedia has '''{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}''' articles and '''{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}''' registered users.

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On July 1, 2009, the Lucy Burns Institute (LBI) became Ballotpedia's official sponsor. LBI is a nonprofit 501c3 organization that helps keep things running with a small editorial staff and enough server power to meet the demands of our traffic. Ballotpedia has 581,994 articles and 10,678 registered users.

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